Chapter Three: Danger in the Library

I sat quietly at a library table buried in one of the many books I had piled up around me. I had just started reading about ancient runes when I heard a voice in my ear.

"Hi," I jumped and turned around. A girl stood there, I noticed by the colors she was wearing that she was a Slytherin. "I didn't scare you did I?" she asked looking sorry.

"No, no," I said all the while trying to calm down my breathing and heart beat.

"That's good," she said looking around. "Is anyone sitting there?" she asked after a minute, pointing to an empty chair next to me. I shook my head, "Do you mind if I-?"

"Not at all."

She walked over to the chair, cleared a few books away from the area and sat down. I stared at her for a few seconds before going back to my book. I was reading for several minutes when something began bothering me. I looked up and proved myself right. This girl was staring directly at me.

"Can I help you with something?" I asked her trying not to sound rude.

"I was just wondering you're Remus Lupin right?" I nodded my head. "Okay," she got up to go but I stopped her.

"Why did you want to know that?"

She turned to look at me again and said, "Well I just wanted to meet you in person to see if what someone I know told me was true." When she didn't go into further detail I pushed on. What can I say? I can be very curious at times. "Well, what did they say?"

"They told me that you're gay."

"What!" I was shocked. Did a lot of people think this about me?

"They told me you're g-"

"I heard you the first time," I snapped at her. I looked down at a pile of books at my feet. "So, is it true?" she asked.

Looking back up at her I snapped, "Of course not! I don't even know why someone would think such a thing."

"Well, have you been with any girls?"

I thought about this. "I haven't been with anyone in a long while," I informed her.

"Why not?"

"I just haven't found anyone I was interested in."

"Have you ever had sex with anyone?"

This girl asked the weirdest questions and it was starting to annoy me. "No," I replied shortly.

"Well there's your problem. No wonder people think you're gay! A hottie like you not having sex with anyone just screams gay." I was quiet for some time. Then she sat down in the chair again and asked casually, "Remus, will you have sex with me?"

"What?" That question was the most surprising yet.

"Look, you say you're not gay right? Then why not have sex with me?"

"Because I don't even know who you are!"

She waved her hand as if brushing the fact aside. "I'm Christine. There now you know my name and I know yours, so how about it?"

"And where are we going to have sex? Under the table?"

"Of course not silly! In the restricted section," she said this as if it was the simplest thing in the world. I had to calm myself down before I spoke. Had I spoken right away I would have shouted at the top of my voice. "What!" I stared stunned at her. "We can't have sex in the restricted section!"

"And why not?"

"We're not even allowed in there to get a book by ourselves, let alone have sex in there! If we get caught-"

"But we won't get caught. We'll be real quiet."

This girl was insane. Before I could make a reply Christine grabbed my wand, which I left so carelessly on the table, and ran with it. If I wanted to get any work down now I would have to follow her. "Hey!" I said and started running after her.

We were both lucky Madame Pince wasn't around because she would have thrown us out for sure. By time I caught up with Christine she was standing outside the restricted section which was roped off. I had to catch my breath before saying, "Give me back my wand."

She held out her hand like she was going to hand it over but before I could even reach to grab it she threw it into the restricted section. "Oops," she said as though it was an accident.

Getting angrier by the minute I pushed her out of the way and went inside the restricted section to retrieve it. For a girl she had a very good arm and it took me a few minutes to find it. After finding it and picking it up I turned to leave but Christine was blocking my way.

"Move," I said angrily.

"Aw, Remus, you're not mad at me are you?" she asked and looking into her eyes I saw tears forming. Now I felt bad. I never meant to make her cry. I sighed, "No, I guess not."

Slowly a smile formed on her face, "That's good." Standing on tip toe she pulled me into the most lustful kiss I had ever felt. Suddenly I lost control and just went with it and when I finally came to my senses we were sitting on the ground, panting from the rough sex we just had.

"Wow," Christine said, "I guess Sirius was wrong. You definitely aren't gay."

"Sirius was the one who told you I was gay!" I said astonished.

"Yeah but," she shrugged, "I think he only did it so I would stay with him. But I told him flat out that I'm a traveler and that he's just going to have to deal with it." She stood up and helped me to my feet. After I gathered my things we walked out of the library together and went towards the Great Hall where dinner would be served soon. Before we entered Christine stopped and said, "I guess this is good bye," smiling she added, "I told you we could pull it off." Then giving me a swift kiss on the cheek she was gone. I waited until Christine was out of sight before walking in to the Great Hall myself. I couldn't wait to see Sirius so I could give him a piece of my mind.